Myth: Social Security will provide most of the income you need in retirement. Fact: It's likely that Social Security will provide a smaller portion of retirement income than you expect.
Medicare is a federal program that provides health insurance to retired individuals, regardless of their medical condition, and certain younger people with disabilities or end-stage renal disease.
Maybe you've decided that graduate school is the path to advancement in your current job or your ticket to a better career. Or maybe you just want to take a few classes to upgrade your skills.
When you determine how much income you'll need in retirement, you may base your projection on the type of lifestyle you plan to have and when you want to retire.
Are health insurance premiums taking too big of a bite out of your budget? Do you wish you had better control over how you spend your health-care dollars?
If you're a decade or so away from retirement, you've probably spent at least some time thinking about this major life change. How will you manage the transition?
Enrolling in your employer’s company-sponsored, high deductible heath plan (HDHP) means lower premiums and the ability to use pretax dollars to pay for out-of-pocket costs.